Last 48 hours.

The last 48 hours were what I hope the rest of the trip is like, people were mostly on time and were where they were supposed to be at the right times. The teachers are being a lot more laid back than I thought they would be, letting us go to the souveneir store while they were at the Jade factory and giving us free reign at the luge hill. The culture difference that affected me most was the way they drive on the left side of the street on the right side of the car, we are used to looking one way when we cross the street but here that doesn't work because there are never cars coming from the left anyways. Another difference is using plastic to pay, they have three different options, checkings, savings, or credit, and they with credit you can use your pin or sign for it. The third difference I noticed is that they are a lot more laid back here, mostly about the smell, all of us were complaining about the smell of sulfur but the people who live here don't even notice. The rest of the trip I hope to make stronger connections with the people here, try many new things, and I hope I don't miss my family too much. I can't wait to see what the New Zealand High Schoolers are like, since this trip is the last official highschool experience I will ever have I hope it will be the best and most memorable, I will do that byy having as much fun and trying as many new things as I can while still following the rules.